Rosternomics

Pirates PIT

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GM: Larry Doughty (since 1989)

1991 roster — every player, value & surplus

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+16.0
WAB — wins above budget
+13.5
TAB — roster Talent above budget
98–64 (0.605)
record · made playoffs
+4M
surplus $M (value/$)
47.8
roster fWAR
$23.0M
payroll
PlayerAgeServiceGfWARSalary $MSurplus $M
Barry Bonds 26 arb 153 7.8 2.3 +2.3
Zane Smith 30 FA-elig 36 5.0 2.2 +0.8
Bobby Bonilla 28 arb 157 4.7 2.4 +0.4
Jay Bell 25 arb 157 4.4 0.4 +2.3
Doug Drabek 28 arb 36 4.0 3.4 -1.0
Andy Van Slyke 30 FA-elig 138 3.7 2.2 +0.0
John Smiley 26 arb 33 3.1 1.1 +0.8
Randy Tomlin 25 pre-arb 32 3.0 0.1 +1.7
Orlando Merced 24 120 2.6
Don Slaught 32 FA-elig 77 2.2 0.8 +0.6
Michael LaValliere 30 FA-elig 108 2.0 1.0 +0.1
Bob Walk 34 FA-elig 25 1.4 0.8 -0.0
Jose Lind 27 arb 150 1.2 0.6 +0.1
Gary Varsho 30 arb 99 1.0 0.2 +0.4
Bill Landrum 33 arb 61 0.9 0.8 -0.3
John Wehner 24 37 0.8
Bob Patterson 32 FA-elig 54 0.7 0.3 +0.1
Lloyd McClendon 32 arb 85 0.7 0.3 +0.1
Tom Prince 26 arb 26 0.5 0.1 +0.2
Roger Mason 32 24 0.5
Steve Buechele↔ TEX 29 FA-elig 31 0.5 0.2 +0.2
Gary Redus 34 FA-elig 98 0.3 0.6 -0.4
Jeff King 26 pre-arb 33 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Mark Huismann 33 5 0.1
Neal Heaton 31 FA-elig 44 0.1 1.0 -1.0
Jeff Banister 26 1 0.1
Hector Fajardo↔ TEX 20 2 0.0
Rick Reed 25 1 0.0
Paul Miller 26 1 0.0
Jeff Richardson 25 pre-arb 6 -0.0 0.1 -0.1
Cecil Espy 28 43 -0.0
Jeff Schulz 30 3 -0.1
Rosario Rodriguez 21 18 -0.1
Carlos Garcia 23 12 -0.1
Jose Gonzalez↔ CLE 26 FA-elig 16 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Joe Redfield 30 11 -0.2
Carmelo Martinez↔ CIN 30 FA-elig 11 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
Bob Kipper 26 FA-elig 52 -0.3 0.8 -1.0
Scott Bullett 22 11 -0.3
Stan Belinda 24 pre-arb 60 -0.3 0.2 -0.4
Vicente Palacios 27 arb 36 -0.6 0.1 -0.5
Mitch Webster↔ CLE 32 FA-elig 36 -0.7 0.3 -0.6
Curtis Wilkerson 30 FA-elig 85 -0.7 0.5 -0.9

43 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 29 of them (67%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions
PlayerYearWAR for PIT
Andy Van Slyke198731.1
Brian Giles199825.4
Doug Drabek198621.4
Bobby Bonilla198620.6
Bryan Reynolds201820.0
Mike LaValliere198712.9
Josh Harrison200911.9
Jack Wilson200011.0
Ones that got away
PlayerYear tradedWAR elsewhere
Aramis Ramírez200325.0
Jason Schmidt200123.6
Brian Giles200317.1
Willie Randolph197514.7
Moisés Alou199013.8
John Tudor198412.0
Randy Milligan198811.9
Bip Roberts198511.1